High paying personal care jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$47,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,470 – $94,92016,350
2Skincare Specialists$45,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $59,1702,720
3Residential Advisors$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $59,7501,730
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$38,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $48,8202,090
5Childcare Workers$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,94017,540
6Animal Caretakers$36,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $55,7708,510
7Recreation Workers$35,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $48,13013,670
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$35,000
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $38,6004,490
9Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $58,96012,000
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$34,170
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $39,4809,340
11Gambling Dealers$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,800 – $38,7102,400

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,680	$31,470 – $94,920	16,350
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,330	$31,200 – $59,170	2,720
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$35,090 – $59,750	1,730
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,100	$31,200 – $48,820	2,090
5	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$31,200 – $45,940	17,540
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,110	$31,200 – $55,770	8,510
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,830	$31,200 – $48,130	13,670
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$35,000	$31,200 – $38,600	4,490
9	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,260	$31,200 – $58,960	12,000
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,170	$31,200 – $39,480	9,340
11	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$18,800 – $38,710	2,400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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